Is the Samsung Galaxy S9 already a ‘dud’?

Yet another report suggests that pre-orders of Samsung’s Galaxy S9 are down significantly compared to last year’s Galaxy S8.

Barron’s picked up on a note from Arthur Wood Research analyst Jeff Johnson, claiming that things are not going well with the Galaxy S9, and that the handset is already a “dud.”

According to Johnson, Galaxy S9 orders “are down ~50 percent” compared to the S8 the previous year, and that pre-orders are “significantly underperforming pre-launch expectations of 10 to 15 percent growth.”